Non-refillable bottle.



W. R. WHITWELL & J. C. KELLY.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17,1913.

1,091,41 1 Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

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WINFRED R. WHITWELL AND JOHN CHARLIE KELLY, OF REDONDO BEACH,CALIFORNIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Application filed May 17, 1913. Serial No. 768,327.

To all tolto/m it may concern.:

Be it known that we, IVINFRED R. WHIT- WELL and JOHN CHARLIE KELLY,citizens of the United States, residing at Redondo Beach, in the countyof Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to bottles, and more particularly to bottles ofthe non-refillable type, and has for an object to provide a bottlevwhich cannot be conveniently refilled after the original contents haveonce been withdrawn therefrom.

The invention embodies, among other features, the provision of meanswithin the neck of the bottle body and whereby, upon the tilting of thebottle body, the contents thereof will flow therefrom, the said meansbeing so arranged as to close the exit from the bottle bodyT when thesame is in an upright position.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical fragmentary sec-V tional view of the bottle,showing the valve in closed position; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectionalview taken on the line 2-2 in Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the casinfr.

Ieferriiig more particularly to the views, we disclose a bottle body 10including an integral neck 11 in which is arranged a collar 12preferably made of cork, the said neck 11 immediately above the upperedge of the collar 12, being provided with a circular recess 13 formedin the wall of the neck. The casing 14 is adapted to be inserted in theneck 11 and encircled by the collar 12, the said casing having a bottom15 provided with an opening 16, the wall of which forms a valve seat 1T.The upper end of the casing terminates in a series of spaced springlikemembers 18 provided with integral lateral flanges 19, also of aspring-like nature. Now it will be apparent that when the casing 14 isinserted in the neck 11 the edges of the flanges 19 will spring into therecess 13 to lock the casing within the neck, thus also securing thecollar 12 against accidental outward movement in the neck of the bottlebody. The casing 14 supports a cylindrical member 2O closed at the topand provided with a series of side openings 2l, a ball valve 22 beingarranged to loosely operate in the member 2O and normally seating on thevalve seat 17, it being readily apparent that when the bottle body istilted, the ball valve will be advanced in the cylindrical member andunseated from the valve seat 17 so that the contents of the bottle bodycan flow through the opening 16 and thence through the side openings 21.

A frusto-conical battle 23 is secured within the casing 14 and encirclcsthe upper part of the cylindrical member 20, the upper end of the baille23 being restricted to provide an opening 24: through which the fluidflows after passing through the side openings 21 of the cylindricalmember 20, a disk 25 being carried on the upper end of the battle 23 andof a diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter of the neck ofthe bottle body so that the peripheral edge of the disk 25 will engagethe inner wall of the neck of the bottle body so as to prevent personsfrom tampering with the flanges 19 of the members 1S and which repose inthe recess 13 formed in the inner wall of the neck.

A suicient space is left in the neck, be` tween the upper face of thedisk 25 andthe upper end of the neck, to permit of inserting the usualstopper in the neck to close and normally seal the saine, and it will beapparent that when it is desired to pour some of the contents of thebottle body therefrom, it is only necessary to Vremove the stopper andthen tilt 4the bottle body to advance the valve 22 into open position,whereupon the contents of the bottle body will How through the opening16 in the member 20 and thence through the openings 21 in the memberinto the casing 14, after which the fluid will pass through the outlet24 into a glass or other suitable receptacle provided to receive thefluid.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with a bottle body includinga neck, of a casing in the neck and liaving'the bottom thereof providedwith an opening constituting a seat and an outlet for the bottle body,,said casing having means integral therewith for locking the same in abottle neck, a ball valve normally reposing on the seat to close thesaid outlet, a member supported on the being spaced from the said casingand havbottom of the said casing and confining the ing an outlet openingregistering. with an said ball Valve, the said member having a Openingin the said balie. series of openings therein and adapted to i Intestimony whereof we aHX our signa- 5 limit the forward movement of theball tures in presence of two witnesses. Y

Valve when the bottle body is tilted, a frusto- WINFRED R. VHITW'ELL.conical baffle depending within the casing i J. CHARLIE KELLY. andencircling the said member, and a disk NTitiiesses: supporting the baieand iitting snugly in CLYDE BISHOP, 10 the neck of the .bottle body, thesaid disk C. A. BARRETT.

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Washington, D. G.

